Steam Propulsion Control System Study. Phase II: Throttle Control System Requirements and Analysis. Volume I: Executive Summary and Final Report

摘要

This report documents the Phase II effort to develop an Advanced Throttle Control System (ATCS) Specification suitable for new ship construction projects. The methodology employed to develop the specification began by developing a complete generic steam propulsion control simulation (i.e., boiler, throttle, turbine, ship/propeller and the baseline candidate controller) on an interactive computer facility. This baseline simulation was validated via a review by industry specialists. Then a series of failure modes and effects tests were conducted, starting with the failures identified in the Phase I effort. These tests led to a series of failure recovery concepts which were then implemented and evaluated to assess their effectiveness. The final engineering specification was derived as a result of this iterative simulation exercise. The developed computer simulation program may be obtained through the Office of Commercial Development, Maritime Administration.